Table of Contents
Introduction: Are You a Lazy Gardener? viiA Quick Quiz: HELP!! I'm Too Busy Too Read This Book ixPart One: The Big Picture 1Chapter 1: What's a Garden for, Anyway? 3Chapter 2: Your Basic Ingredients: Sun, Soil, Water, Air 11Chapter 3: Trust Your Plants 21Part Two: Planning For Independence 25Chapter 4: Designs Creating the Skeletons 27Chapter 5: Making Choices 35Chapter 6: Walls, Fences and Other Boundaries 41Chapter 7: Covering Some Ground: Mulches and Ground Covers 45Chapter 8: Independent Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs 53Chapter 9: Shrubs and Trees: The Flesh on the Bones 63Chapter 10: Do You Really Want Vegetables? 69Chapter 11: Welcoming Wildlife 75Chapter 12: Your Garden as a Sacred Space 81Part Three: Getting Your Hands in the Dirt 85Chapter 13: Gardners Guilt (and How to Cure It) 87Chapter 14: Getting Down to Work 93Chapter 15: How to Do It... If You Must 99Chapter 16: Starting a Garden From Scratch 111Chapter 17: Redoing an Existing Garden 117Chapter 18: Weeds 123Chapter 19: Worthy Opponents: Slugs, Rots and Other Natural Disasters 129Chapter 20: Tools for Pleasure 135Epilogue: Endings and Conclusions 141Index: 143